Road Transport Act 2013
239Sanctions that may be imposed
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239 Sanctions that may be imposed
239 Sanctions that may be imposed
(cf Gen Act, s 218A)
(1) The police officer may do any one or more of the following—
(a) seize and take charge of the motor vehicle and cause it to be moved to a place determined by the Commissioner of Police,
(b) immediately, or as soon as practicable afterwards, give or send the offending operator a notice (a motor vehicle production notice) requiring the offending operator to move or cause the vehicle to be moved to, or to produce or cause to be produced to a police officer at, a place specified in the notice no later than on the date and time specified in the notice (the motor vehicle production date),
(c) remove and confiscate the number-plates affixed to the motor vehicle and attach a number-plate confiscation notice to the motor vehicle,
(d) immediately or as soon as practicable afterwards—
(i) give the offending operator a notice (a number-plate production notice) requiring the offending operator to remove or cause to be removed the number-plates affixed to the vehicle and produce them to a police officer at a place specified in the notice no later than on the date and time specified in the notice (the number-plate production date), and
(ii) attach a number-plate confiscation notice to the motor vehicle,
(e) as soon as practicable afterwards, send to the offending operator at the garage address of the motor vehicle—
(i) a notice (a number-plate production notice) requiring the offending operator to remove or cause to be removed the number-plates affixed to the vehicle and produce them to a police officer at a place specified in the notice no later than on the date and time specified in the notice (the number-plate production date), and
(ii) a number-plate confiscation notice.
(2) An offending operator who is sent a number-plate confiscation notice under subsection (1)(e) must attach the number-plate confiscation notice to the motor vehicle in the manner described on the notice no later than on the number-plate production date.
Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.
(3) Except as provided by this Part, a motor vehicle to which a number-plate confiscation notice is attached under—